24 FISH AND GAME LAWS, 
tliG said fish or ganiG or thG fish or ganiG from 
which the parts were taken were caught or killed 
in the State of California, or the said fish or game 
or parts thereof were shipped into this state from 
any other state, territory, or foreign country. 
[Enacted' 1907.] 
Non-Game Birds, Nests and Eggs. 
§ 637a. Every person in the State of California 
who shall at any time kill or catch, or have in his 
possessions, living or dead, any wild bird other than 
a game-bird, or who shall purchase, offer or expose 
for sale, transport or ship within or out of the 
state, any such wild bird after it has been killed 
or caught, except as permitted by this act, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor. No part of the plumage, 
skin or body of any bird protected by this section 
shall be sold or had in possession for sale, irre- 
spective of whether said bird was captured or 
killed within or without the state. For the pur- 
poses of this act the following only shall be consid- 
ered game-birds : • The Anatidce, commonly known 
as swans, geese, brant, and river and sea ducks ; the 
Rallidw, commonly known as rails, coots, mud-hens 
and gallinules; the Limicolw, commonly known as 
shore-birds, plover, surf-birds, snipe, sandpipers, 
tattlers, and curlews ; the Gallinw, commonly known 
as wild turkeys, grouse, prairie-chickens, pheasants, 
.partridges, and quails ; and the species of Colum- 
hidce, known as wild pigeons and doves. All other 
species of wild birds, either resident or migratory, 
shall be considered non-game birds; provided^ that 
the English or European house-sparrow, the great- 
horned owl, sharp-shinned hawk. Cooper’s hawk, 
duck-hawk, butcher-bird, blue-jay, and house-finch, 
commonly known as the California linnet, are not 
included among the birds protected by this act ; 
